Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn @backlon

Verizon has a plan for midband 5G, but it’s from Canada you wouldn’t know it. — PolitiTweet.org

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OMG is Verizon, like, an 8 year old? We do too have a 5G plan! What kind of plan is it? It’s .. It’s… It is a SECRET PLAN https://t.co/CeDxWic8qN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @verge: Lil Nas X became Twitter’s CEO for a day and didn’t ban the Nazis https://t.co/TpY20pHpmV https://t.co/ucdhjVXhCS — PolitiTweet.org

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Mood https://t.co/vU6ypZs9K2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@men_z brian. — PolitiTweet.org

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@chillmage oh no — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lpolgreen: This is a personal attack. https://t.co/kBTNukkvo0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless Face scanning in the streets, face unlock in the nevermind. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @reckless: How do you collect enough face data to make sure your face unlock isn't biased and works with a diverse set of faces? If you'… — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, as I wrote last month these Pixel teases really raise the stakes for the Pixel. With every tease, Google is setting ever higher expectations that the Pixel 4 will be a heads-up competitor to the iPhone 11. https://t.co/jPFU0nVE64 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mdrndad https://t.co/7ELi5icw73 — PolitiTweet.org

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The challenge for Google is to ensure that its face unlock feels like The Default and not a gimmick. That might also be a challenge for Motion Sense, but color me dubious people will like waving their hands in front of their phones. It’s never caught on before. — PolitiTweet.org

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I have to admit I’m getting a vague LG vibe with all these Pixel 4 pre-announcements and also the motion sense gesture thing. — PolitiTweet.org

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Google is using literal tiny radar to detect when the phone approaches your face so it can do the face unlock more quickly. It also promises all biometric data stays in a secure chip on the device. https://t.co/iHtQKGTKAE — PolitiTweet.org

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Google confirmed it has been doing "field research," asking people on the street to get their faces scanned to improve the Pixel 4’s algorithm. Goal is to ensure it works with a diversity of faces. Details, including data retention policies, here: https://t.co/gp6svaKRV0 https://t.co/mVoNXDJr1g — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh Google - you are such a card! A YouTube teaser confirms face unlock and Project Soli https://t.co/iHtQKGTKAE — PolitiTweet.org

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@MicahSingleton Never draft a pun. — PolitiTweet.org

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Slack is down and newsrooms across the world is in chaos as journalists say “screw it” and start playing Fortnite. I guess you could say Slack is … Sowing Discord — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagine a world where Batman had not one but three Robins and while hanging out at Wayne manor one of them was trying real hard to argue with the other two and yelling ... Debate me cowards — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: The corollary of Twitter not being real life is that getting dragged on Twitter is not actually a big deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Everybody in my replies telling me Americans are dumb because we don't use WhatsApp you know that it's owned by Facebook, completely proprietary, and locks you in to whatever Mark Zuckerberg feels like doing, right? I mean yes we're dumb but that doesn't feel like the answer.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Universally interoperable, secure, encrypted modern chat would do more good for US consumers and businesses than 5G will do in the next five years cc @AjitPaiFCC send tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

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Nobody: Me: RCS should be universal and encrypted and SMS should die! Verizon: here is a basketball player wearing a VR headset with a livestream view of what is literally right in front of him shooting hoops to prove you need 5G. https://t.co/FiO8ez8F8I — PolitiTweet.org

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Sorry but I can't stop being annoyed by the thought that Verizon tried to make go90 happen but can't be bothered to fully participate in replacing SMS with something modern. — PolitiTweet.org

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At this point, the question isn't "why can't Google make RCS happen," it's "why are major US carriers dragging their feet, if not outright trying to sabotage it?" https://t.co/pa9v6NEgOT — PolitiTweet.org

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The worst part is that these carriers would MAKE money on encrypted RCS, because they could sell B2B services to business on top of that infrastructure. It is Google’s fault that Android users don’t have a good, secure chat solution. But it is also US carriers’ fault. — PolitiTweet.org

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Imagine if US carriers put 1/100th of the effort they put into mergers, 5G, and TV streaming services into providing encrypted and universally compatible RCS messaging to Android users. https://t.co/Oew5ZXuTbU — PolitiTweet.org

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Would you rather have: A: 5G on select blocks, outdoors, in specific cities? B: A device that doesn’t need literal fans to keep cool like a PC? (Note: all of the above is not an option right now) — PolitiTweet.org

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@reckless What is the optimal Government:Company ratio? I bet we could solve this problem overnight if we just translated it to coffee and water and then set the AeroPress nerds on the problem. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sheep_dogged @pboese @fsnorth IDK man content licensing is the worst. — PolitiTweet.org